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switches it to a smile.
    “I thought you would be in here.   Happy Birthday, Princess.  Why are you in here reading when you have your own story that’s about to be made?  It’s a totally romantic story that doesn’t involve cutting down preciou s trees and involves half naked , hot warriors.”  She jumps up and down with excitement and rushes over to me. “ Aren’t you excited about tonight? I wish I was a royal and had hot warriors fighting over me.  Who do you want to win?” 
    Leave it to Xylia to think a bunch of men fighting over a person is hot.
    I roll my eyes at her and say, “Oh X ylia , I don’t care who wins because I think all our warriors are honorable men.  I would be proud to have any one of them by my side.  It’s just the ceremony part that I’m a little nervous about. ” I look at her with a sly smile and ask, “ Do you think you’ll dance with Conall tonight?”
    “Yeah, if Merrick doesn’t kill him first,” she jokes.  Conall is one of our warriors and will be fighting for the title as my g uardian .  Xylia has had feelings for him forever and I think he might have feelings for her as well.
    Meliantha sighs loudly and rolls her eyes at Xylia while pushing her off to the side playfully. It’s kind of hard to get a word in when Xylia is around.  
    “Sister, I think it’s exciting.  I can’t wait to get my g uardian next year.  The whole reading minds thing is going to be kind of awkward, but that’s one of the ways they can protect us.” She comes over to lean down and gives me a hug.  “Happy Birthday, Calista.” 
                  I hug her hard and turn to look back out the window. This little alcove I’m sitting in is my favorite place to sit and think.  I’ve pondered over the Guardian C eremony for days sitting here.  The sharing of blood is the final step in the ceremony where all we have to do is take our special dagger and run it across our palms.  Once my g uardian and I have done this, we join hands and our blood will join together in our bodies and form the special bond. The dagger that is used in the ceremony is made by the dwarves , and each royal has a dagger specially made for them and their g uardian . Durin, the leader of the dwarves , has made my dagger personally and I feel honored that he has decided to do it .
    My g uardian will always carry the dagger with him after the ce remony is complete.  The dagger is magical in itself because it absorbs both mine and my g uardian’s blood during the ritual and with that combination it makes the dagger a very powerful weapon.
    After completing the ceremony, we also get the ability to hear each other’s thoughts.  There’s nothing sexual about the ceremony, but the intimacy of being in each other’s head is going to be different.  The ritual is very sacred and we have followed this trad ition for hundreds of years.  I’m nervous about my g uardian being able to hear my thoughts because some things I think about can be very embarrassing.
                  I stand up and move away from my little alcove and run my hands down the dress I’m wearing.  My floor length dress is strapless and emerald green in color.  Diamonds are encrusted around the bust with an intricate pattern of silvery thread along the back and down to the train.  My train is not too l ong, stretching only five feet . I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it. I turn to look back at my sister and I notice how beautiful she look s tonight.
    “Your dress is absolutely go rgeous, S ister , ” Meliantha swoons.   Her wide-eyed gaze roams over my dress and she traces her fingers along the patterns stitched into it.  Her eyes then travel down to my hand and she notices the ring I’m wearing.
    “Where did you get the ring?  It’s lovely.”
    I smile at Meliantha, noticing how grown up she looks in her pale pink evening gown.  Her silky, auburn hair is stunning, but what makes her different from the rest